[cancer] Latest update

Jay is still having food issues, and is sleeping almost all the time now. He wakes up well enough to have a snack or to take his pills, but if he’s in the chair, he’s asleep.

He’s also having issues sleeping at night; I think some of that is physical comfort issues and some of it now is medication withdrawal.

This week he went to a hypnotherapist, which I think did wonders for him, and an acupuncturist. That latter was just this morning, so no way to tell if it had any effect. He’ll continue seeing both of them for the foreseeable future.

After the positive effect he saw from the hypnotherapy and his daily guided meditation from the hypnotherapist, we decided to take him off the anti-nausea drug that makes him so stupid and see how that went. It was going pretty well until today, with his three-times-a-week antibiotic dose. We’ll see how it goes from here. But this is what’s affecting his sleep, as going off this drug has insomnia as a side effect.

He’s still not eating enough to keep his weight steady, and his appetite has definitely diminished after going off the one med, which is an expected effect.

Still hoping the hypnotherapy especially and the acupuncture will help to release him from the prison of not being able to eat.

i chime in with others here, thank you for letting us know, friends, strangers, etc. what is up on the LakeFront. glad the hypnotherapy has been effective…eating and sleeping–is that too much to ask? Hoping for improvements…

Thank you for update and am really glad to hear about the hypnosis!
Sure saved MY life and was so impressed by what it could do that, aside from being a writer, I became a hypnotherapist. Amazing stuff and hope it will continue to work wonders (one of the things it can do is reduce overall stress and so doing, meds can become more effective). Happy to answer any questions you may have.
Best wishes to both of you.

I was scanning this while on ignore with A Certain Cable TV Provider and misread it as seeking “hippotherapy,” which immediately led to old cartoons and helped while away the looooooooooooong wait. Which is still going on…

Lisa
Just popping back to enquire how all of you are; I’ve been reading your blog to try to get to know you better, since you are taking such burdens upon yourself, and I am awestruck by your decision to go for the relationship with Jay knowing the likely outcome.
Actually, if anything it reminds me of Arwen’s response to Aragorn; knowing, as she did that almost inevitable outcome.